CodeGeeXvsFitten Code
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
CodeGeeX
Zhipu AI · IDE extension
#128
Panel
5.80 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.2
- Usefulness
- 5.0
- Cost
- 7.3
- Longevity
- 5.7
“It ships for HBuilderX and DeepIn-IDE, two editors your team has never heard of and millions of developers open every morning.”
Fitten Code
Fitten Tech · IDE extension
#223
Panel
4.91 spec wins
- Reliability
- 3.7
- Usefulness
- 4.5
- Cost
- 7.0
- Longevity
- 4.3
“Its agent is called Agent Chat, its warnings are called Signal, and its price is called free.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | CodeGeeX | Fitten Code |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | IDE extension | IDE extension |
| Runs | cloud | cloud |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | No |
| Multi-file edits | No | YesFitten describes project context understanding and multi-step task execution; the vendor does not document explicit multi-file diffs. |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | CodeGeeX, GLM | Fitten Code |
| Bring your own model | No | No |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | free |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | No | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | 8,803 | n/a |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | CodeGeeX | Fitten Code | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.5 | 6.0 | CodeGeeX — Pick CodeGeeX if you want completion and chat in JetBrains for nothing; pick Cline when you need an agent that edits several files and finishes a task. |
| El Crítico | 6.0 | 4.8 | CodeGeeX — Inference is cloud-only with no way to point it elsewhere, so every keystroke it sees leaves the machine and the destination is not a setting you control. |
| El Profesor | 5.8 | 5.5 | CodeGeeX — Repository questions are answered by retrieval over an index, and there is no agentic edit loop at all, so there is no verification stage to evaluate. |
| La Inversora | 6.5 | 4.8 | CodeGeeX — Over 1.3 million installs from one marketplace listing is distribution most funded competitors cannot buy, and it is being spent to seat a model family rather than to collect revenue. |
| La Jefa | 5.5 | 4.8 | CodeGeeX — Free at any headcount, and free from a supplier with no stated retention policy and no identity federation is not free once the security review starts. |
| El Hacker | 4.5 | 3.5 | CodeGeeX — The model repository is Apache-2.0 and the plugin I would actually run is not open at all, which is the login-shaped hole I complain about every time. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.